Coniopteryx antiquua Engel and Grimaldi 2007 (dustywing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2007. The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Neuroptera). American Museum Novitates 3587:1-58

Belongs to Coniopteryx according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2007

Sister taxon: Coniopteryx timidus

Type specimen: AMNH DR-14-25, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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